A review by bookedbymadeline
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

Did not finish book. Stopped at 9%.
Sounded like it was right up my alley and I really wanted to like it

Too overly descriptive for my tastes and the French phrases thrown in feel so forced and definitely scream “an American who is obsessed with Paris wrote this”

Some lines made me roll my eyes and I was physically cringing from the beginning

 The book is basically the same plot as every non-Jewish, women focused WW2 novel/tv show/movie regurgitated

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2537754688 excellent explanations on how this book is harmful in its inaccuracies of the Holocaust and antisemitism in France. As a history nerd it’ll only make me more angry if I continued. If you want a book set in WW2 set in France, please read Sarah’s Key as it’s actually historically accurate about how the French treated Jewish people 
Expand filter menu Content Warnings